Dunsmuir Flats
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 | Dunsmuir Flats |
| Designer | Gregory Ain |
| Location | Los Angeles, California, USA |
| Date | 1937 |
| Building Type | multifamily housing |
| Climate | mild desert |
| Context | suburban |
| Architectural Style | Modern |
| Street Address | 1281 South Dunsmuir Avenue |
| Notes | Understated, staggered two story massing blocks |
| At Great Buildings | http://www.GreatBuildings.com/buildings/Dunsmuir_Flats.html |
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Commentary
"By staggering the four row houses on his difficult 49-foot inside lot, the architect has gained extraordinary advantages. Major rooms have three exposures and each house obtains a well screened garden court, each bedroom a secluded balcony. The houses open to their gardens on the south, but windows on street and entrance sides are kept high for privacy.
"The building is as consequent in structure and form as it is in plan. Instead of the usual stud frame, widely spaced 4-by-4 wood posts are the basis of an extremely regular design. Glass is set directly between the posts, forming continuous bands almost flush with the smooth walls. Emphasis is on the enclosed volume rather than on the walls which define it."
—from Elizabeth Mock, ed. Built in the USA Since 1932. p53.
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Howard Davis. Slide from photographer's collection. PCD .0405. PCD .0405.
Muriel Emanuel, ed. Contemporary Architects. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1980. ISBN 0-312-16635-4. bio, works, and description, p20.
Peter Gossel and Gabriele Leuthauser. Architecture in the Twentieth Century. Germany: Benedikt Taschen Verlag, 1991. ISBN 3-8228-0550-5. exterior photo, brief discussion, p192.
Esther McCoy. The Second Generation. Salt Lake City: Pergrine Smith Books, 1984. NA 730.C2 M33 1983. ISBN 0-87905-119-1. LC 83-14898. plan, p96. ©1984 by Gibbs M. Smith, Inc..
Elizabeth Mock, ed. Built in the USA Since 1932. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1945. LC 68-57299. NA712.N45 1968. discussion p53.
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